May 13
Long History of Anti-Asian Violence in US & Fostering Allyship Today
Professor Erika Lee is a Regents Professor of History and Asian American Studies, a Distinguished McKnight University Professor, the Rudolph J. Vecoli Chair in Immigration History, and Director of the Immigration History Research Center at the University of Minnesota, and author of America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States (Basic Books, 2019). Professor Lee is one of the foremost scholars of immigration and Asian American history, and recently testified before Congress during its historic hearings on discrimination and violence against Asian Americans.
Her keynote talk will address the history of anti-Asian violence in the U.S. and strategies for allyship, followed by responses from two Carleton faculty: Thabiti Willis (Associate Professor of African History and Africana Studies) and Meredith McCoy (Assistant Professor of American Studies and History, with a focus on Indigenous Studies). The discussion will be moderated by Professor Nancy Cho from the English Department.
The event is sponsored by American Studies, Asian Studies, Broom Fellow for Public Scholarship, History Department, Religion Department. and the Humanities Center at Carleton.